It was either the Dove theater or a adult bookstore on 31st and main across from the Wendys they tore it down. If your talking troost it was Elwest. Originally Posted by dirty dogI remember the Dove and when the Hookers worked Main.. At a bachelor party at Elwest, stripper agreed to marry me....LOL...went back once more and she had no recollection...haha
I broke my strip club virginity and remember the Old Chelsea Theatre in the river quay, operated as an adult movie & strip-club from June 1972 to July 2000 . Seated approximately 200 with 1 screen. I don’t have info as to its days as a legitimate, first or second run theatre. In August of 2000 it was renovated and re-opened by a Live Comedy Troupe “Late Night Theatre” but that was very short lived & the theatre was torn down in the summer of 2001 fpr planned developments.The Chelsea 2 in the river quey was never ever a 1st or 2nd run theatre. It was always an adult venue. The owner was a connected guy, who once told the PD that he had to allow the girls to give blow jobs or he would not be able to stay open LOL.
A friend who attended a few of the plays in 2000-2001 told me how amused she was with the wallpaper in the women’s restroom, it was metallic gold with brown velvet-like flocking in the shape of people in “positions”. The lobby still had the 70’s look with shag carpet & velvet wallpaper.
The site is now slated for development of a $40 Million 6-story office/residential tower.
There was also an earlier Chelsea theatre at 1228 Broadway in Downtown. Originally Posted by BigDeal